Raymond Bachand, a strategic advisor at law firm Norton Rose Fullbright who was previously finance minister under the Liberal government of Jean Charest, will steer the Montreal-based Institut du Québec

Amid rising criticism from government critics and consumers that The Beer Store’s virtual monopoly on sales in the province should come to an end, the retailer asserted Monday that allowing C-stores to sell beer would hike the price of a case of 24 by an average of $10